The backup button in the summary page of my iPhone on iTunes is greyed out. There's plenty of storage space in the laptop, and the backups work with other accounts. I'm working with an iPhone 8 running iOS 14.5 and macos 10.12. other iPhones aren't working either.
IOS – iTunes backup button greyed out
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Best Answer
Typically on Sierra, the first time you connect a phone running iOS 13 or iOS 14, you're supposed to get a prompt telling you that there's a minor software update that iTunes needs to do with a button to accept it. Do you remember seeing anything like that? You may need to unlock your iPhone first before the Mac realizes it's there and prompts you about it.
If not, here's an apple discussion thread about how to force that little update to happen - curious to see if that helps: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250674376
According to that thread: